RARA-AVIS: Reviews and Rafferty

Levin, Doug (DLEVIN@DIRECTIMPACT.COM)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:49:22 -0400 Two quick notes:

Yesterday's Washington Post had a review of two books about film
noir--_Girl With a Gun_ and _Dark City_. I imagine that the piece can
be accessed at www.washingtonpost.com The former is more of a
guide/list of the author's favorite 100 films noir. The latter more
analytical.

Did anyone follow any of the recommendations in Rafferty's GQ article?
I read maybe 75 pages of the much praised O'Connell's _Mallory's
Oracle_. It didn't do a lot for me, but then I had such high
expectations from the Rafferty piece. I am also just lukewarm on what I
took to be another latter-day crime classic: Stanley Ellin's _Dark
Fantastic_. In a weird way, it strikes me as more dated than, say,
(surprise, surprise) Hammett or Chandler. Maybe I'm just getting old,
cranky, and jaded.

Doug

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